Tina Charles Has Double-Double In Liberty's Win

WASHINGTON — Former UConn players Tina Charles, Kiah Stokes and Stefanie Dolson were central to the outcome of Thursday's game between the New York Liberty and Washington Mystics.

Charles had 21 points and 10 rebounds and Epiphanny Prince scored 12 points in her New York debut, helping the Liberty defeat the Mystics 79-76 in overtime.

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The Liberty (7-4) scored the last six points in overtime to beat the Mystics (6-5). Stokes, who had five blocks, deflected Kara Lawson's three-point attempt at the buzzer.

Prince, acquired from Chicago for Cappie Pondexter in an offseason trade of WNBA All-Star guards from Rutgers, started the surge with two free throws with 1:24 left. Charles scored to put the Liberty up 77-76.

Sugar Rodgers, who missed two free throws with 19 seconds left, was fouled after a steal and added two free throws with seven seconds remaining. She finished with 15 points and seven rebounds.

Dolson led Washington with career highs of 22 points and 13 rebounds. She missed a contested three-pointer at the end of regulation at 69-all. Lawson finished with 14 points.

Tied at 67 with 2:03 to play, a power outage blamed on construction in the Verizon Center delayed the game 17 minutes.

Prince missed the first 10 games of the season playing for Russia in a European tournament.